Schools are being asked to implement prevention programs after a third sex crime at a New Hampshire school was made public this week.

Concord police are investigating the alleged sexual assault of a student at St. Paul's boarding school.

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Police said the alleged sexual assault involving two minors happened in May and that they were informed a few days later.

“Concord police responded to Concord Hospital to take a report of an alleged sexual assault that occurred on the campus of St. Paul’s,” Concord Police Lt. Sean Ford said.

Police are also investigating reports that a male student took pictures up the skirts of teens at Portsmouth High School. The conviction of a Manchester West High School student on sexual assault charges was also announced late last week.

“In one week, to read about three instances of sexual assault in New Hampshire's high schools is both alarming and not surprising, and it calls on us to really put in place prevention efforts but also appropriate responses for these students,” said Lyn Schollett, of the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence.

Members of the coalition are urging schools to contact their local crisis centers for help.

“Crisis centers have this expertise and best practices nationally are that crisis centers will work with schools to do this,” Schollett said.

The Haven Crisis Center in Portsmouth works with thousands of students in Rockingham and Strafford counties, teaching them about sexual violence and what to do if it happens.

“This is really important. We need to be talking about this because they survive on silence,” violence prevention educator Shayla Riggs said.